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fink

(fĭngk) Slang

1. A contemptible person.

2. An informer.

3. A hired strikebreaker.

intr.v. finked, fink·ing, finks

1. To inform against another person.

2. To withhold promised support or participation: They said they'd help us, but then finked out.

[Perhaps from German student slang Fink, student not belonging to a student association (from German, finch; akin to Old English finc) or perhaps from such German compounds as Schmutzfink, dirty person, mudslinger : Schmutz, filth + Fink, finch (perhaps influenced by Rotwelsch (German underworld argot) Fink, Pink, man; akin to Frisian pink, little finger, penis).]

American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright © 2016 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

fink

(fɪŋk)

1. (Industrial Relations & HR Terms) a strikebreaker; blackleg

2. an informer, such as one working for the police; spy

3. an unpleasant, disappointing, or contemptible person

(often foll by: on) to inform (on someone), as to the police

[C20: of uncertain origin]

Collins English Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged, 12th Edition 2014 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1994, 1998, 2000, 2003, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2014

fink

(fɪŋk) Slang. n.

1. a strikebreaker.

2. a labor spy.

3. an informer.

4. a contemptible person.

v.i.

5. to inform to the police; squeal.

6. to act as a strikebreaker; scab.

7. fink out, to renege.

[1900–05]

fink

Past participle: finked
Gerund: finking

Imperative
fink
fink

Present
I fink
you fink
he/she/it finks
we fink
you fink
they fink

Preterite
I finked
you finked
he/she/it finked
we finked
you finked
they finked

Present Continuous
I am finking
you are finking
he/she/it is finking
we are finking
you are finking
they are finking

Present Perfect
I have finked
you have finked
he/she/it has finked
we have finked
you have finked
they have finked

Past Continuous
I was finking
you were finking
he/she/it was finking
we were finking
you were finking
they were finking

Past Perfect
I had finked
you had finked
he/she/it had finked
we had finked
you had finked
they had finked

Future
I will fink
you will fink
he/she/it will fink
we will fink
you will fink
they will fink

Future Perfect
I will have finked
you will have finked
he/she/it will have finked
we will have finked
you will have finked
they will have finked

Future Continuous
I will be finking
you will be finking
he/she/it will be finking
we will be finking
you will be finking
they will be finking

Present Perfect Continuous
I have been finking
you have been finking
he/she/it has been finking
we have been finking
you have been finking
they have been finking

Future Perfect Continuous
I will have been finking
you will have been finking
he/she/it will have been finking
we will have been finking
you will have been finking
they will have been finking

Past Perfect Continuous
I had been finking
you had been finking
he/she/it had been finking
we had been finking
you had been finking
they had been finking

Conditional
I would fink
you would fink
he/she/it would fink
we would fink
you would fink
they would fink

Past Conditional
I would have finked
you would have finked
he/she/it would have finked
we would have finked
you would have finked
they would have finked

Collins English Verb Tables © HarperCollins Publishers 2011

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Noun	1.	fink - someone acting as an informer or decoy for the police canary, snitch, stool pigeon, stoolie, stoolpigeon, sneaker, snitcher, sneak betrayer, blabber, informer, squealer, rat - one who reveals confidential information in return for money
Verb	1.	fink - take the place of work of someone on strike blackleg, scab, rat do work, work - be employed; "Is your husband working again?"; "My wife never worked"; "Do you want to work after the age of 60?"; "She never did any work because she inherited a lot of money"; "She works as a waitress to put herself through college"
	2.	fink - confess to a punishable or reprehensible deed, usually under pressure confess, squeal acknowledge, admit - declare to be true or admit the existence or reality or truth of; "He admitted his errors"; "She acknowledged that she might have forgotten"

fink

noun

Slang. One who gives incriminating information about others:

informant, informer, tattler, tattletale.

Informal: rat, tipster.

Slang: snitch, snitcher, squealer, stoolie, stool pigeon.

verb

Informal. To give incriminating information about others, especially to the authorities:

inform, talk, tattle, tip (off).

Slang: rat, sing, snitch, squeal, stool.

Idiom: blow the whistle.

phrasal verb
fink out

Slang. To abandon a former position or commitment:

back down (or out), renege, retreat.

Slang: cop out.

Translations

delatore

fink

[fɪŋk] N (US) (= informer) → soplón/ona m/f; (= strikebreaker) → rompehuelgas mf inv, esquirol m

fink out VI + ADV (US) → acobardarse

Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005

fink

(dated US sl)

(= strikebreaker) → Streikbrecher(in) m(f)

(= contemptible person) → Saftsack m (inf)

vi to fink on somebody → jdn verpfeifen (inf)

Collins German Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged 7th Edition 2005. © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1980 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1997, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2007

fink

[fɪŋk] n (Am) → informatore/trice

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